Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby deserves to spend 2 1/2 to 3 years in prison for obstructing the CIA leak investigation, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said in court documents Friday. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, is the highest-ranking White House official convicted since the Iran-Contra affair. Judge Reggie B. Walton faces two key questions: whether to send Libby to prison and, if so, whether to delay the sentence until his appeals have run out.
May 29, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby has shown no remorse for corrupting the legal system and deserves to spend 2 1/2 to 3 years in prison for obstructing the CIA leak investigation, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said Friday.
Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and an assistant to President Bush, is the highest-ranking White House official convicted since the Iran-Contra affair two decades ago.
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